Pre-K Family Engagement Plan

Alvarado ISD, in accordance with HB 3 High-Quality Pre-Kindergarten guidelines, created a High-Quality Pre-K Family Engagement Plan to promote partnership between our school, families, and community to support the early learning and development of our youngest learners in Pre-K. AISD’s educators are responsible for encouraging and supporting initiatives, activities, and practices that enhance Pre-K scholars’ learning and achievement.

Facilitate Family-to-Family Support

Pre-Kindergarten educators will work together to provide parents with opportunities to participate in district and campus initiatives and activities including:

Pre-K and Kindergarten Round Up
Parent Orientation
“Meet the Teacher” Night
Back-to-School Bash
Classroom/Campus Volunteering Opportunities ● Parent Teacher Conferences
Pioneer PTA Involvement
Representation on Alvarado ISD District Site Base Management Team
Bilingual Parent Representation at Language Proficiency & LPACs
ParentSquare translation feature that allows parents to get notifications/information in their preferred language
District and Campus Family Events:
- Academic Learning Events
- Book Fairs
- Parents' and Grandparents' Day
- Indian Friends Reading Day
- Holiday Parties
- Field Day
- End of Year Pre-K Awards Program
- District Parent Education Events

Establish a Network of Community Resources

AISD partners with local service agencies to help provide additional support to Pre-K families:

USDA Summer Feeding Program
Alvarado Helping Hands for Jesus Food Bank
Alvarado Lions Club
Alvarado Santa’s Helpers Clothing and Angel Tree
Johnson County United Way
Lighthouse Therapy
Affirming Texas Families
Summer Reading Program at Alvarado Public Library
Local Church Backpack Buddies

The school nurse and social workers can provide additional resources/referrals to other agencies.

Additional academic and social-emotional parent resources are offered to parents at SST, 504, ARD, or LPAC meetings for scholar and family support.

Translation of information via Parent Square.

AISD partners with local daycare facilities, local preschools, and other outside agencies that provide services to help meet the diverse needs of our early childhood scholars.

Increase Family Participation in Decision-Making

Pre-K families are invited to participate and serve on the following:

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Campus Site-Based Management Committee ○ Create/Revise Improvement Plans
- Title I - School/Parent/Scholar Compact
District Site-Based Management Committee ● Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC)

Parents complete the following:

District Family Engagement Survey
Parent & Volunteer Surveys
Intake questionnaires at Enrollment
Parent Square Communication Account
Skyward Family Access Account

Equip Families with Tools to Enhance and Extend Learning

Pre-K families will be encouraged to attend opportunities that enhance and extend learning, use home activities provided by the school that are age and developmentally appropriate, and to assist in preparing scholars for Kindergarten. Tools provided to parents include:

CLI Progress Monitoring Reports three times a year (BOY, MOY, and EOY).
Parent conferences at the beginning of the year, after the first 9 weeks of school, and at other times of the year as necessary.
Parent Information, Flyers, homework packets, and a list of Pre-K and Kindergarten skill expectations.
Summer Reading Program at Public Library
Pre-K Round-Up.
Family Newsletters, School Calendar, Parent Square Notifications, Email, and Facebook.
Bilingual Summer Learning Opportunities
Transition tour events for Pre-K scholars and families prior to Pre-K and Kindergarten Round Up.

Provide Ongoing Professional Development Opportunities for Educators

AISD will provide professional development for Pre-K educators to aid them in:

understanding how to positively communicate with families and support them with strategies to meet the social-emotional and academic needs of their children.

Teachers will participate and collaborate in:

Weekly PLC Meetings
CLI/CIRCLE Training
Conscious Discipline refresher opportunities
15 hours of child development-related professional development annually

Evaluate Family Engagement Efforts and Using Results for Continuous Improvement

Family engagement efforts are evaluated annually:

Formal & Informal Evaluations give parents a voice as a follow-up to training, workshops, meetings, and family engagement activities.
Seek parental input during parent conferences and school activities.
Survey parents annually on the effectiveness of the Pre-K Program.
urvey results are used in planning, developing, and implementing pre-k activities
Pre-K teachers complete self-evaluation annually
Review/Revise Family Engagement Plan Annually

HB 4 – Definitions of Family and Family Engagement:

Family: Adults responsible for the child’s care and children in the child’s life who support the early learning and development of the child.

Family Engagement: The mutual responsibility of families, schools, and communities to build relationships to support student learning and achievement and to support family well-being and the continuous learning and development of children, families, and educators. Family engagement is fully integrated in the child’s educational experience, supports the whole child, and is both culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate.

Family Engagement Plan Development Committee Members: Pre-K teachers and paraprofessionals, GES CIT Pre-K representative, PTO Pre-K representative, Pioneer principal & counselor.

Contact Person for Families: Donna Gatlin, principal; Leticia Barrera, bilingual teacher.

Alvarado ISD will use this Family Engagement Plan to promote a shared responsibility to increase and enhance the collaboration of Educators, parents, and community members. Efforts will focus on improving the education of all scholars and helping them become lifelong learners who succeed in this ever-changing world.

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